The area was also associated with Hachiman, the patron god of warriors considered by the Minamoto clan as its protector, and was an ideal base for ruling over samurai in the Kantō region.

For more than 400 years, it has been held for 30 nights from July to September in Gujo-Hachiman, a village located deep in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. The main event is the all-night dance ...

Hachiman is as no-nonsense as they come. A grizzled veteran of the squared circle, the world-traveled Superstar has racked up championships around the globe in an impressive decade-plus career ...

Toji temple’s five-story pagoda in Minami Ward; and Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine in Hachiman also in Kyoto Prefecture. Urashimajinja shrine in Ine in the prefecture will be open to the public ...